Ecophysiology, Morphology and Phylogeography of Insects in the Scotia Arc

• Main Author: Simoes, Felipe
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Cambridge 2019
• Subjects: insects; phylogeography; Antarctica; South America; Evolution; ecophysiology; morphology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; South Shetland Islands; South Orkney Islands; South Georgia Island; Antarc*; British Antarctic Survey
• Online Access: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/309314; https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.56411

The Scotia Arc, comprising southern South America, South Georgia and the South Orkney Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula, is home to a range of understudied insect species which are constantly exposed to extreme environmental conditions. To help reduce the amount of uncertainty surrounding insect t...